1.Shadows of Your Childhood

Our house becomes shrouded in the silence of night. It grows long shadows accentuated by the random sparks of the kerosene lamp. For little Stesha, the darkness becomes a way into another world that is both frightening and fascinating. Fragments of elusive memories, voices and shimmers of light - these are the flickering sensations of childhood, and they stay with us forever.

Country: Russian Federation
Length: 21 min
Director: Mikhail Gorobchuk

2.Don’t Hesitate to Come for a Visit, Mom

This is a story about the separation of mother and 3 years old daughter, who live far from each other, because of visas issues. Every day they communicate in video chat and dream of an imminent meeting.

Country: Russian Federation
Length: 12 min
Director: Anna Artemyeva

3.I Need the Handshakes

A small hamlet lost in the endless Belarusian province. Walentyna, who is 92 years old, lives in a little cottage off the beaten track where she takes care of her daughter who was born paralysed. Tania experienced unimaginable loneliness in her life, yet against all the odds she found her own way to express the pain and beauty of existence. An incredibly moving film about limitless sacrifice, great power of imagination and poetry which can replace reality.

Country: Russian Federation
Length: 18 min
Director: Andrei Kutsila